PLANTS Profile for Melica californica (California melicgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Melica californica Scribn.
California melicgrass

Symbol:

MECA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Graminoid

L48

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, WA, Pullman. Usage Requirements.

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Melica californica Scribn.

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Distribution:
Melica californica Scribn.


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USA (CA, OR)

Related Taxa:
Melica californica Scribn.

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Classification:
Melica californica Scribn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Melica L. – melicgrass
Species	Melica californica Scribn. – California melicgrass

More Accounts and Images:
Melica californica Scribn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41844.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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